Media Releases

2025

May

• Tourism Businesses Show Resilience Amid Ongoing Challenges

March

• Every 2024 Qantas Australian Tourism Award Winner Proudly Quality Tourism Accredited
• Celebrating 40 Years: 2024 Qantas Australian Tourism Awards Honour Winners in Adelaide
• New partnership for excellence in tourism experiences and sustainability
• Tourism Minister Launches Connecting to Culture Toolkit for Industry
• Tourism businesses remain optimistic despite economic pressures, with wages a key concern
• 2024 Qantas Australian Tourism Awards Marks 40 Years of Tourism Excellence

2024

November

• Economic Strains Persist But Australian Tourism Businesses Anticipate International Boost
• ATIC Welcomes New Tourism Australia Board Appointments

September

• Winners of Australia’s Top Tourism Town Awards 2024 Announced

August

• Australian Tourism Businesses Rising to Meet Challenges Posed by Tough Economic Conditions
• Working Holiday Makers Critical to Regional Economies
• Tourism Emissions Reduction Program Engages 150+ Australian Businesses

July

• Quality Tourism Businesses Paving the Way for a Strong Visitor Economy

March

• Quality Visitor Experiences leading the way at the 2023 Qantas Australian Tourism Awards
• Winners of the 2023 Qantas Australian Tourism Awards celebrated in Darwin
• Boosting Sustainable Tourism (Released by the Office of Senator the Hon. Don Farrell)
• Inaugural National Tourism Award Shines Light on Accessible Tourism

February

• Enhanced Online Platform Relaunched Benefitting Australian Tourism Businesses

2023

November

• New partnership aims to enable Australians living with disability to enjoy holidays 
• Tourism Industry Embraces Sustainability

May

• 2023-24 Federal Budget – Impact to Tourism Businesses

March

• Australian Tourism Awards Winners Announced

2022

October

• Federal Budget Supports Visitor Economy Growth

September

• 2022 Top Tourism Awards 

May

• ATIC Welcomes Senator Farrell as new Tourism Minister (31 May 2022)
• ATIC Media Statement – $48M Election Commitment Crucial to Tourism Recovery (16 May 2022)

March

• 2021 Winners of Qantas Australian Tourism Awards (18 March 2022)

February

• Qantas Australian Tourism Awards – ATIC media release (3 February 2022)

2021

August

• ATIC Three Point Plan (10 August 2021)
• ATIC National Priorities to Save Australia’s Struggling Visitor Economy (August 2021)

May

• ATIC Statement Federal Budget 2021 (11 May 2021)

April

• Towards Australia’s next long-term national tourism strategy ATIC Statement post JobKeeper (1 April 2021)

March

• ATIC Response to tourism package (11 March 2021)
• Tourism Support distributed (8 March 2021)

January

• ATIC NVS October 2020 (13 Jan 2021)

2020

December

• Ministerial Announcement (18 Dec 2020)
• ATIC NVS September 2020 (11 Dec 2020)
• ATIC WHM Inquiry Final Report (1 Dec 2020)

November

• ATIC Tourism Minister call (16 Nov 2020)
• NVS Figures August 2020 (6 Nov 2020)

October

• COVID Clean Update (6 Oct 2020)
• NVS and IVS June 2020 quarter ATIC Statement (2 Oct 2020)

September

• Statement to the Inquiry into the Working Holiday Maker Program (29 Sept 2020)
• Building Better Regions ATIC Statement (27 Sept 2020)
• ATIC International Travel Caps (18 Sept 2020)
• Backpacker WHM Statement

August

• BCA Open Letter – Lack of Coordination on Borders 3 (Aug 24 2020)
• Senate Select Committee into COVID- ATIC (20 August 2020)
• ATIC JobKeeper Extension (7 August 2020)

July

• ATIC JobKeeper Decision (21 July 2020)
• ATIC JobKeeper Update (18 July 2020)
• ATIC Media Statement IVS NVS March 2020 (8 July 2020)

June

• ATIC Statement Update on Border Closure research (18 June 2020)
• ATIC Statement on Internal borders (11 June 2020)
• COVID Clean MR Progress (16 June 2020)

May

• ATIC COVID Clean Statement (26 May 2020)
• ATIC Media Statement TA Campaign Live from Aus (15 May 2020)
• ATA 2020 Awards Program Statement (5 May 2020)

April

• ATIC Media Statement Zoos (28 April 2020)
• ATIC Media Statement Domestic Tourism reversion (28 April 2020)
• ATIC Media Statement Virgin Australia (21 April 2020)
• ATIC Media Statement – Latest ABS February 2020 (15 April 2020)
• ATIC Media Statement Job Keeper (9 April 2020)
• ATIC Media Statement – Tourism Industry latest international & domestic visitor data –  December FY20 quarter (8 April 2020)

March

• ATIC Media Statement Morrison Govt Wage Subsidy package (30 March 2020)
• ATIC Media Statement Tourism New Tourism SME Package (22 March 2020)
• ATIC Media Statement Tourism Industry Support
• ATIC Media Statement ABS Jan 2020
• ATIC Media Statement Tourism Industry body thumbs up to Federal stimulus combatting COVID-19  

February

• ATIC Media Statement International tourism numbers represent calm before future statistical storm (18 Feb 2020)
• ATIC Media Statement Coronavirus Support (12 Feb 2020)
• ATIC Media Statement Indonesia (10 Feb 2020)

January

• ATIC Media Statement Holiday Here This Year (23 Jan 2020) AB FINAL
• ATIC provides big thumbs up to Federal Tourism Recovery Package (19 Jan 2020)
• Australian tourism – ATIC response to latest quarterly visitor economy data Media Statement (17 Jan)
• Support needed to Sustain Australian tourism’s ‘open for business’ mantra  (16 Jan 2020)
• A message from Minister Brimingham and Assistant Minister Duniam to Australia’s tourism industry (8 Jan)
• ATIC Saddened by Loss of ‘Tourism Pioneer’ and Family Member (5 Jan)

2019

December

• ATIC Media Statement ABS Oct 2019 (12 Dec 2019)

November

• ATIC Media Statement (Latest International Tourist Data)

October

• ATIC Media Statement Regional Tourism 22 October 2019
• ATIC Media Statement ABS Aug 2019
• ATIC Media Statement (June 19 quarter IVS and NVS)

September

• ATIC Media Statement ABS July 2019
• ATIC MR Tourism Research Forecasts

August

• ATIC MR Tourism Satellite Account
• ATIC appoints experienced tourism leader as Executive Director

March

• Industry Welcomes Investment into Tourism
• The Tourism Stars from the 2018 Qantas Australian Tourism Awards

2018

October

• A Quality Way to Travel

ATIC Member & Industry Updates

2025

2025 Federal Budget Tourism Impact Analysis

2024

ATIC 2024-25 Pre-Budget Submission

2023

ATIC FY24 and Beyond Policy Priorities

2022

ATIC Policy Priorities 2022

2021

July

ATIC Member and Industry Update – July 2021 – Edition 19

June

ATIC Member and Industry Update – June 2021 – Edition 18

May

ATIC Member and Industry Update – Budget May 2021 – Edition 17

ATIC Member and Industry Update 1 May 2021 – Edition 16

April

ATIC Member and Industry Update 12 April 2021 – Edition 15

March

ATIC Member and Industry Update 23 March 2021 – Edition 14

February

ATIC Member and Industry Update 3 Feb 2021 – Edition 13

January

ATIC Member and Industry Update 11 Jan 2021 – Edition 12

2020

December

ATIC Member and Industry Update 20 December 2020 – Edition 11

ATIC Member and Industry Update 10 December 2020 – Edition 10

November

ATIC Member and Industry Update 27 November 2020 – Edition 9

ATIC Member and Industry Update 17 November 2020 – Edition 8

ATIC Member and Industry Update – 2 November 2020 – Edition 7

October

ATIC Member and Industry Update 16 October 2020 – Edition 6

ATIC Member and Industry Update – 7 October 2020 – Edition 5

September

ATIC Member and Industry Update – 24 September 2020 – Edition 4

ATIC Member and Industry Update – 16 September 2020 – Edition 3

ATIC Member and Industry Update – September 2020 – Edition 2

August

ATIC Member and Industry Update – August 2020 – Edition 1